Tag: Odisha

Dhenkanal: In another situation pointing fingers at the alleged mismanagement by the authorities, a coronavirus-infected patient Duryodhan Behera of Barada village here has reportedly gone missing from a Covid hospital, forcing the family members to run from pillar to post in search of him. According to Behera’s kin, he was admitted to the dedicated Covid […]

Bhubaneswar: In a declining trend, Odisha has registered 2275 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily-cases in several weeks, pushing the virus tally to 256937 on Tuesday. Of the fresh cases, 1318 patients are from quarantine while 957 are local contact cases, informed State I&PR department. As many as seven […]

Bhubaneswar: There has been a sharp decline in the COVID-19 cases, particularly in the last 10 days in the State, official sources said on Tuesday. The daily cases have also registered a drop in worst-affected districts of Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack and Puri. Sources said the drop in new cases may force the State government to […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that it is difficult for the Centre to proceed without any communication from the Odisha government with regard to infrastructure facilities required to establish High Court benches in western and southern regions of the State. The Union Minister informed this in response to a […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the surge in COVID-19  cases in Odisha, the government on Saturday sealed its border with Chhattisgarh and intensified patrolling along the interstate boundary. Districts bordering Chhattisgarh have registered…

Bhubaneswar: A total of Rs 885.58 crores was released by the Centre to Odisha under the AMRUT (Atal Mission For Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation) scheme between 2015 and 2020, said Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday. Of the total 191 projects awarded under the scheme so far, 152 projects have been completed and the […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 districts in Odisha will continue to experience heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours as the deep depression over Bay of Bengal crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday and moved northwards. As per the latest forecast issued by India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, as these 10 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre here issued thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall warning for 17 districts of the State on Wednesday. As per reports, the alert has been issued for Kandhamal, Boudh, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack  (including Cuttack City ), Khordha (including Bhubaneswar City), Rayagada, Jajpur, Sonepur, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Anugul, Sambalpur, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati,  […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday permitted 20 states to raise additional Rs 68,825 crore through open market borrowings to bridge the revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes a day after the GST Council meeting failed to reach a consensus on the stalemate over the Centre’s proposal of states borrowing against […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government and the Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU) on Tuesday signed an agreement to sponsor the Indian national rugby teams for the next three years till 2023, and facilitate high-performance training and conditioning of the players. Odisha Sports Director R. Vineel Krishna and IRFU President Maneck Unwala signed the agreement in the […]

Nayagarh: Two persons including a woman were killed in a lightning strike at Daspalla area here in the district on Wednesday morning. According to sources, the duo sustained serious injuries in the lightning strike and were immediately rushed to Daspall community healthcare centre. However, the doctor declared them dead on arrival. You May Also Read: […]

Bhubaneswar: The special CBI court in Delhi will hear the arguments on the quantum of sentence for Dilip Ray, the then Union Minister of State for Coal and others, convicted in the coal block allocation scam, today. The case pertains to allocation of Brahmadiha coal block in Giridih in Jharkhand to Castron Technologies Ltd (CTL) […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday reported 2604 new Covid-19 case while 15 persons succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. With this, the total positive caseloads in the State rose to 259541 and the death toll mounted to 1072, added the department. Of the new cases, […]

Delhi: The Special CBI Court in Delhi on Wednesday reserved its verdict on quantum of punishment against Dilip Ray, the former Union Minister of State for Coal and others, who were convicted in the coal block allocation case, till October 26. On October 6, the Rouse Avenue Court had convicted Ray, two senior officials of […]

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday urged a Delhi court to award life imprisonment to former Union Minister of State (MoS) for Coal Dilip Ray and other convicts in a coal block allocation case. The court will pronounce the order on their sentencing on October 26. Ray, now a hotelier, was […]